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<H1>raw_storage_iterator&lt;ForwardIterator, T&gt;</H1>

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<TD Align=left VAlign=top><b>Categories</b>: allocators, iterators, adaptors</TD>
<TD Align=right VAlign=top><b>Component type</b>: type</TD>
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<h3>Description</h3>
In C++, the operator <tt>new</tt> allocates memory for an object and then
creates an object at that location by calling a constructor.  Occasionally,
however, it is useful to separate those two operations. <A href="#1">[1]</A>  If <tt>i</tt> is an
iterator that points to a region of uninitialized memory, then you
can use <tt><A href="construct.html">construct</A></tt> to create an object in the location pointed to
by <tt>i</tt>.  <tt>Raw_storage_iterator</tt> is an adaptor that makes this
procedure more convenient.  If <tt>r</tt> is a <tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt>, then
it has some underlying iterator <tt>i</tt>.  The expression <tt>*r = x</tt> is
equivalent to <tt><A href="construct.html">construct</A>(&amp;*i, x)</tt>.
<h3>Example</h3>
<pre>
class Int {
public:
  Int(int x) : val(x) {}
  int get() { return val; }
private:
  int val;
};    

int main()
{
  int A1[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7};
  const int N = sizeof(A1) / sizeof(int);

  Int* A2 = (Int*) malloc(N * sizeof(Int));     
  <A href="transform.html">transform</A>(A1, A1 + N, 
            raw_storage_iterator&lt;Int*, int&gt;(A2),
            <A href="negate.html">negate</A>&lt;int&gt;());
}
</pre>
<h3>Definition</h3>
Defined in the standard header <A href="memory">memory</A>, and in the nonstandard
backward-compatibility header <A href="iterator.h">iterator.h</A>.
<h3>Template parameters</h3>
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Parameter
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Description
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Default
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OutputIterator
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The type of the <tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt>'s underlying iterator.
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<tt>T</tt>
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The type that will be used as the argument to the constructor.
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<h3>Model of</h3>
<A href="OutputIterator.html">Output Iterator</A>
<h3>Type requirements</h3>
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<LI>
<tt>ForwardIterator</tt> is a model of <A href="ForwardIterator.html">Forward Iterator</A>
<LI>
<tt>ForwardIterator</tt>'s value type has a constructor that takes a
   single argument of type <tt>T</tt>.
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<h3>Public base classes</h3>
None.
<h3>Members</h3>
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Member
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Where defined
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Description
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator(ForwardIterator x)</tt>
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt>
</TD>
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See below.
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator(const raw_storage_iterator&amp;)</tt>
</TD>
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 <A href="trivial.html">trivial iterator</A>
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The copy constructor
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator&amp; operator=(const raw_storage_iterator&amp;)</tt>
</TD>
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 <A href="trivial.html">trivial iterator</A>
</TD>
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The assignment operator
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator&amp; operator*()</tt>
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 <A href="OutputIterator.html">Output Iterator</A>
</TD>
<TD VAlign=top>
Used to implement the <A href="OutputIterator.html">output iterator</A> expression <tt>*i = x</tt>. <A href="#2">[2]</A>
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator&amp; operator=(const Sequence::value_type&amp;)</tt>
</TD>
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 <A href="OutputIterator.html">Output Iterator</A>
</TD>
<TD VAlign=top>
Used to implement the <A href="OutputIterator.html">output iterator</A> expression <tt>*i = x</tt>. <A href="#2">[2]</A>
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator&amp; operator++()</tt>
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 <A href="OutputIterator.html">Output Iterator</A>
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Preincrement.
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator&amp; operator++(int)</tt>
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 <A href="OutputIterator.html">Output Iterator</A>
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Postincrement.
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<tt>output_iterator_tag iterator_category(const raw_storage_iterator&amp;)</tt>
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 <A href="iterator_tags.html">iterator tags</A>
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Returns the iterator's category.
   This is a global function, not a member.
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<h3>New members</h3>
These members are not defined 
in the <A href="OutputIterator.html">Output Iterator</A> requirements,
but are specific to <tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt>.
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Function
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Description
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator(ForwardIterator i)</tt>
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Creates a <tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt> whose underlying iterator is <tt>i</tt>.
</TD>
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<tt>raw_storage_iterator&amp; operator=(const T&amp; val)</tt>
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Constructs an object of <tt>ForwardIterator</tt>'s value type at the
   location pointed to by the iterator, using <tt>val</tt> as the 
   constructor's argument.
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<h3>Notes</h3>
<P><A name="1">[1]</A>
In particular, this sort of low-level memory management is used
in the implementation of some container classes.
<P><A name="2">[2]</A>
Note how assignment through a <tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt> is implemented.
In general, unary <tt>operator*</tt> must be defined so that it returns a
proxy object, where the proxy object defines <tt>operator=</tt> to perform
the insert operation.  In this case, for the sake of simplicity, the
proxy object is the <tt>raw_storage_iterator</tt> itself.  That is, <tt>*i</tt> 
returns <tt>i</tt>, and <tt>*i = t</tt> is equivalent to <tt>i = t</tt>.  You should not,
however, rely on this behavior.  It is an implementation detail,
and it is not guaranteed to remain the same in future versions.
<h3>See also</h3>
<A href="Allocators.html">Allocators</A>, <tt><A href="construct.html">construct</A></tt>, <tt><A href="destroy.html">destroy</A></tt>, <tt><A href="uninitialized_copy.html">uninitialized_copy</A></tt>
<tt><A href="uninitialized_fill.html">uninitialized_fill</A></tt>, <tt><A href="uninitialized_fill_n.html">uninitialized_fill_n</A></tt>,

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